Monitoring imaging of lesions induced by high intensity focused ultrasound based on differential ultrasonic attenuation and integrated backscatter estimation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-94

  Zhong, Hui ^a,b   Wan, Ming Xi ^a,b   Jiang, Yi Feng ^a,b   Wang, Su Pin ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation slope; Differential method; HIFU; Integrated backscatter; Parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

ATTENUATION SLOPE; DIFFERENTIAL METHODS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER ESTIMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROSCOPY; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SWINE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASOUND, HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED, TRANSRECTAL;

EID: 33845676131     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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